Ken McAllister
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Fan IP
The idea that fans protect IP is a keen observation, one that's playing out in virtually every nook and cranny of the mediascape these days. The hubbub over Mass Effect 3 comes most quickly to mind, where fans are protecting the IP from the producers ... -
Re: The Flourish
The rhetoric of fairness
Nice post, Simon. Your idea of the rhetoric of fairness is an intriguing one, and one with ancient origins as I'm sure you know. From the pre-Socratics forward, there has been considerable discussion--and eventually antipathy--about whether or not rh ... -
Media Immersion: Ignis Fatuus?
As usual, Ryan, you're an excellent agent-provocateur. Here's where your post hooked me: first, you propose that "immersion is a negotiation between game-as-agent and the player, who has her own reasons for allowing the game-as-agent to hol ... -
I would, tentatively at
I would, tentatively at least. The only thing that keeps me from wholly committing is the idea of functional infinity. I wonder if there might be a point at which there are so many variables put into motion by developers that a medium really could become ... -
I want to believe...
As someone with far more in common with the Call of Duty 4 marathoner than with Martin Strel and his "defiance of human finitude" as he swims the world's longest rivers, I want to believe that they share the same heroic spirit. Alas, I have ... -
Social Justice and Games
Check out http://www.valuesatplay.org/ and http://www.gamesforchange.org. And then there are benefit parties: http://kotaku.com/5049433/nintendo-throws-a-party-to-benefit-starlight-c... http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/rock-band-2-party-to-benefi ... -
Immersion recollected in contiguity
I was struck by your comment, Judd, that immersion "signifies what seems like contradictory (or at least contiguous) states." As is often the case, the tastiest morsels come in the smallest bundles--in this case, your parenthetical remark. You&# ... -
The sizzle ain't mine...
Full Disclosure: That "sizzle sells the steak" line is a Ruggillism, which he probably picked up back in his Madison Avenue days. ... -
The immersions they are a changin'
Thanks for this post, Bryan. The combo of your clip and curator's note has me thinking that the nature of pedagogical immersion changes as online environments mature. In conventional classrooms, students come to class and are immersed in the instruct ...